Method and system of automatic arrangement of composing elements

Abstract

past positions of a plurality of composing elements indicated by various past arrangement examples are given to each potential function corresponding to one composing element, and parameter values of the potential functions corresponding to the composing elements are automatically set on condition that a past total potential energy obtained by solving the potential functions is minimized. Thereafter, the parameter values are given to the potential functions in which a position of any composing element is not determined, and particular positions of the composing elements are determined on condition that a total potential energy obtained by solving the potential functions is minimized. Because each potential function corresponding to one composing element has an attraction term indicating the attraction between the composing element and the other composing elements and an attraction-repulsion term indicating the setting of the composing element at a position spaced at moderate distances from the other composing elements, the particular positions of the composing elements are set in an optimum arrangement. Accordingly, the optimum arrangement of the composing elements can be automatically obtained without extracting any arrangement knowledge from a skilled person.

Description

1. Field of the InventionThe present invention relates to an automatic arrangement method and an automatic arrangement system in which arrangement knowledge of a plurality of composing elements is automatically obtained from past arrangement examples of the composing elements to determine an optimum (or appropriate) arrangement of the composing elements according to the arrangement knowledge of the composing elements. Also, the present invention relates to a recording medium in which a computer program indicating an automatic arrangement of a plurality of composing elements is recorded to perform the automatic arrangement of the composing elements in a computer.2. Description of the Related ArtIn cases where the number of composing elements is small and restriction for the composing elements is simple, the automatic arrangement of the composing elements can be easily performed. However, in cases where the number of composing elements is large and restriction for the composing elemen...

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